TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 LooKING TO THE COSMOS CHAPTER 2 THE BIRTH OF THE TELEscoPE 8 CHAPTER 3 THE HUBBLE SPACE TELEscOPE 14 CHAPTER 4 MEET MATT MOUNTAIN 20 CHAPTER 5 SHOOT FOR THE STARS 26 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE GLOSSARY INDEX 32 32 STEAM is the acronym for Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics In this book you will read about how each of these study areas is connected to a career as an observatory director
CHAPTER 1 LOOKTG TO THE COSMOS eri s father burst into her room as she was studying for the next day s science test He held a large book in his hand Teri the book we ordered just arrived he said Do you want to look at it Sure Teri replied excitedly Teri and her father flipped through the book The weird and wonderfully vibrant objects in the photos looked like they were from out of this world In fact they were 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
Pictures of the galaxy have vibrant colors Wow Look at that cool picture of a galaxy Dad exclaimed Teri Who takes these pictures of things in outer space These pictures were taken by the Hubble Space Telescope It s a type of space based observatory Hubble can take images of objects in space billions and billions of miles away Awesome How does Hubble know when to snap photos and what to take photos of asked Teri Scientists submit requests for time to use the cooL STEAM
